Senior Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

GlaxoSmithKline plc; Durham (NC); Presencial; USD 131.000 - 219.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

GSK's Enterprise AI team is seeking an Engineer II to own end-to-end FDE engagements, prototyping AI ideas rapidly, and mentoring junior engineers. The role blends technical depth with stakeholder influence, focusing on framing problems, validating approaches, and delivering production-ready AI solutions with clean handoffs to Solutions Engineers.

You'll lead small multi-FDE engagements, shape intake standards, and orchestrate AI-native engineering workflows using agent-based approaches while

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; Master's beneficial.
• 3+ years in full-stack software or AI engineering with production deployments.
• Experience programming in Python and at least one other language (TypeScript/JS/Go).
• Experience building generative AI solutions with agents and multi-agent orchestration.
• Experience with ML/DL models using PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience with data pipelines and platforms like Databricks or Apache Spark.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Databricks AI Assistant).
• Experience guiding or mentoring engineers; leadership in delivery work.
• Familiarity with regulated industries (pharma/healthcare) and GDPR/SOX is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Take full ownership of BU use cases from problem framing to working prototype, days-to-weeks cadence, with minimal supervision.
• Qualify incoming BU asks, challenge underspecified problems, and define scope before committing to engagement.
• Embed with BU teams, building trusted relationships and domain understanding.
• Form and defend kill/continue recommendations based on evidence for BU and leadership.
• Ship production-ready versions and hand off to Solutions Engineer when appropriate.
• Lead multi-FDE engagements, review output, and ensure delivery quality.
• Mentor G8 FDEs with technical guidance and structured feedback.
• Define FDE engagement standards and contribute to interview/onboarding processes.
• Operate AI agent workflows for autonomous prototype delivery; orchestrate multi-agent systems.
• Design agentic workflows, validate AI-generated code, and guide teams in making value-led calls.
• Package proven use cases for production handoff with architecture rationale and risks.
• Coach engineers on AI-augmented ways of working; improve team capability.

Conocimientos

Python

AI engineering

Agent workflows

Multi-agent orchestration

ML/DL modeling

Data pipelines

Mentoring engineers

Production deployment

Educación

Bachelor's in CS or equivalent

Master's degree advantageous

Herramientas

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Databricks AI Assistant

Spark/Databricks

Descripción del empleo

GSK's Enterprise AI team is seeking an Engineer II to own end-to-end FDE engagements, prototyping AI ideas rapidly, and mentoring junior engineers. The role blends technical depth with stakeholder influence, focusing on framing problems, validating approaches, and delivering production-ready AI solutions with clean handoffs to Solutions Engineers.

You'll lead small multi-FDE engagements, shape intake standards, and orchestrate AI-native engineering workflows using agent-based approaches while